Arven fra Byzans

Når det gjelder gjengs norsk holdning til klassiske studier, kan man ha inntrykk av at Alexander Kiellands fordømmende blikk stirrer like inn i vår folkesjel. Vi plages av tanken på Fru Gottwalds Lille Marius, som resiterte sin deklinasjonstabell like inn i døden etter et så altfor kort liv ødelagt av brutalt pådrevet og helt unyttig lærdom. Les videre

Bertoniere, The Monks of Spencer

The nature of Benedictine ‘stabilitas’ as fidelity to a faith-reality embodied in a human group, not to an edifice, is examined from various angles throughout the book. Les videre

‘Put Nothing Before the Work of God’ (RB 48): Why Not?

To Queen Michol peering from her window, the extravagance of the monastic office - the time it claims from profitable work, the space it occupies in our Rule, its songs and ritual - can seem preposterous. But she was destined to die without progeny. Les videre

Towards the Authentic: Reflections on Music, Truth, and Desire

Sacred music, like sacred texts and sacred rites, is a truth-bearer in worship. Mediocrity and compromise should no more be tolerated in this domain than in any other. Les videre

The Demonic Gaze: American Beauty

The ‘demonic’ gaze usurps a divine perspective in presuming to appropriate for its own good pleasure things and beings created to be themselves. Seeking possession rather than communion, the ‘demonic’ grabber upsets a divinely instituted balance; like the king of Babylon, he will sooner or later see the writing on the wall. Les videre

Paulina Mariadotter: An Age of the Life of Love

Surrounded by a self-destructive culture terrified of death, western Christians must face essentials: Do they believe in Christ’s resurrection? If the answer is yes, who knows what might happen. Les videre